Britain's "Diva of Divorce," Ayesha Vardag, may need a nickname change after a recent debacle by her law firm. Vardags bills itself as the "top divorce lawyers in London," but staffers there mistakenly sealed the fate on an estranged couple's marriage, apparently before they were ready to pull the final plug.
- The couple in question: Referred to only as Mr. and Mrs. Williams in court documents, the pair were wed for more than two decades when they separated last year, per the Guardian. The two were still trying to make financial arrangements for their split when the mistake by Vardags was made.
- The error: The BBC reports that staffers in the Vardags office meant to apply for a final divorce order for another couple, but on Oct. 3, a lawyer acting on behalf of Mrs. Williams clicked on the wrong case file name in the drop-down menu when filing on an online portal. In less than 30 minutes, the Williamses were declared officially divorced in the system.